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Help needed with backtesting

  • #1
  • First Post: Oct 2, 2010 12:37pm Oct 2, 2010 12:37pm
Hello,

I've been trying to figure out for the last 10 hours how to use Ronald Rayguns tick data for backtesting!

I've tried several different tutorials fom different forums that haven't worked.

Does anyone know of anywhere there are instructions on how to do this.

I'm not to sure if its because I am using the latest version of mt4??

Is it possible to use some type of external converter to change the csv files to 1 min?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

James.
  • #2
  • Oct 2, 2010 12:50pm Oct 2, 2010 12:50pm
You ve seen this?

http://eareview.net/tick-data
  • #3
  • Oct 2, 2010 1:28pm Oct 2, 2010 1:28pm
Yep I tried that but I think its because the script from there will only work with certain data types.
  • #4
  • Oct 4, 2010 4:38pm Oct 4, 2010 4:38pm
Problem solved admin please delete this thread.
  • #5
  • Edited Mar 1, 2011 2:13pm Feb 28, 2011 10:16pm | Edited Mar 1, 2011 2:13pm
Hi.

Hoping someone can help me. I've set up a backtesting MT4 platform and gone about getting historical data by following the procedure outlined in the link below. The only difference is i used IBFX Australia as the broker platform and forextester 2001-2011 data. The problem I'm having is that after following all the steps outlined in the below link, I can test my EA with a trade size of 0.1 lots but nothing below this. I know IBFX and the EA can trade lot sizes down to 0.01 as I have tested this on a demo IBFX Australia platform and as I wish to trade the EA with a lot size more like 0.01-0.05 I would like to be able to test using those sizes. Does anyone have any suggestions?

http://alansforexblog.com/2010/02/10...sting-quality/

Edit: I can test using 0.01 lot size with my demo IBFX Aus platform with limited IBFX data, just not with the backtesting IBFX Aus platform I set up with all the forexite historical data from the Forextester website. My backtesting platform is not currently hooked up to a demo account so it doesn't overwrite all the historical data if that helps anyone diagnose the problem.

Regards,

muzza.
  • #6
  • Mar 1, 2011 2:15pm Mar 1, 2011 2:15pm
Quoting muzza
Hi.

Hoping someone can help me. I've set up a backtesting MT4 platform and gone about getting historical data by following the procedure outlined in the link below. The only difference is i used IBFX Australia as the broker platform and forextester 2001-2011 data. The problem I'm having is that after following all the steps outlined in the below link, I can test my EA with a trade size of 0.1 lots but nothing below this. I know IBFX and the EA can trade lot sizes down to 0.01 as I have tested this on a demo IBFX Australia platform and as I wish...
Any ideas/tips guys?

murray
  • #7
  • Last Post: Mar 3, 2011 5:50am Mar 3, 2011 5:50am
Quoting muzza
Any ideas/tips guys?

murray
As far as i recall, the minimum lot limit is stored in the header of the tick data file. If you are using your custom tick data file, you have to edit this field by hand.
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